PS5 Controller Vibration Not Working?

[Sploppy]

I just bought a PS5 controller to use for PC gaming since I was tired of my Xbox controllers breaking. It's brand new, out of box, using it wired.

Elden Ring does work with the PS5 controller input wise, but the vibration does not work at all. I have had other friends playing with the same set up on PC who say it does work. I am not sure what to do because I have messed around with the steam controller profiles to make sure vibration is enabled, make sure steam input is on for the game, etc...

I have no other input applications like DS4Controller installed. Has anyone else had this issue? Or have an idea of what may fix it?

And vibration DOES work for some other games, so it's not the controller!

[anachronism]

Hey, I've been having this exact issue. All I can say is right now my ps5 controller doesn't even work at all, not even for just inputs. Like with yours works fine for everything else. I'm wondering if we have updated the firmware, and other PC folks tend to not? I'll post back here if I figure it out or they patch fix it.

[onizukaftw]

my dual shock 4 has vibration function in elden.

[Poochitu]

I got my ps5 controller in today and it works fine when playing Elden Ring. I recommend going into steam's controller settings and making sure your ps5 controller is configured properly and enabled.

[anachronism]

I found out my controller wasn’t working at all because somehow the ps5 controller support in steam had been disabled. I’m not sure how since I turned it on and it was working fine …

However. I still don’t get meaningful rumble. I’ve checked the ps5 native firmware update, I’ve turned the steam controller support on/off, generic support on/off, extended xbox support on/off, changed controller configs, turned on “per-game” controller support (???). I’ve used the per-controller customization to set the rumble option on/off, and the rumble slider from low/high. I’ve reset the bluetooth pairing since I only use it wired. I have no idea where the rumble is. None of it makes any difference.

I’m not using steam beta. Is this maybe a steam beta feature?

[Poochitu]

Originally posted by anachronism:

I found out my controller wasn’t working at all because somehow the ps5 controller support in steam had been disabled. I’m not sure how since I turned it on and it was working fine …

However. I still don’t get meaningful rumble. I’ve checked the ps5 native firmware update, I’ve turned the steam controller support on/off, generic support on/off, extended xbox support on/off, changed controller configs, turned on “per-game” controller support (???). I’ve used the per-controller customization to set the rumble option on/off, and the rumble slider from low/high. I’ve reset the bluetooth pairing since I only use it wired. I have no idea where the rumble is. None of it makes any difference.

I’m not using steam beta. Is this maybe a steam beta feature?

The PS5 rumble is based on you having the latest DS4 on windows

[anachronism]

Ok.

So you recommended making sure in steam the controller is configured and enabled. If we're using DS4, the only thing that works is enabling XBox 360 support, and telling DS4 to emulate my PS5 controller as an XBox 360 controller. I explicitly disabled all other controller support (though maybe that wasn't necessary). Even with the "hidehid" driver installed DS4 is unable to hide the controller driver from Steam and I get a very mean dialog from steam telling me I'm a bad person and to turn off external controller handling (which they certainly know is DS4 but won't name).

I don't really want to use DS4. I don't want my controller to be virtualized as a 360 controller. The in-game prompts are wrong. The adaptive triggers don't work right. How does the gyro even work then? Definitely the haptics are wrong, it just hard rumbles like ... it's a 360 controller. I know that steam built-in "playstation controller" support does correctly provide rumble messages to the controller in the controller setup test. It also seems to correctly ship inputs (although the sticks DO feel better in DS4 tuning). Why doesn't it work by itself for Elden Ring? It works natively for Death Stranding.

The correct technical answer is that Elden Ring on steam DOES NOT support PS5 rumble. It doesn't actually support a PS5 controller at all in any way. People saying otherwise are mistaken, and using DS4 to make the controller rumble half-work doesn't mean that it "works" on steam platform. DS4 works to get half-rumble is correct. Steam input can pretend to Elden Ring that the controller is an Xbox 360 controller (without DS4 or rumble).

If anyone knows how to get further into the guts of steam input handling I'd love to hear about it.

[MaxxGold]

Just so you know, the PS5 controller or any PlayStation controller you can only use the D-Pad with your left thumb. I had to switch to an Xbox controller because I need to be able to use the D-Pad with both of my thumbs. When the pace ramps up in a battle and you are trying to move and use you FP/HP, the PlayStation controller is at a disadvantage, which sucks because I really like the Dualsense controller.

[MaxxGold]

Originally posted by anachronism:

Ok.

So you recommended making sure in steam the controller is configured and enabled. If we're using DS4, the only thing that works is enabling XBox 360 support, and telling DS4 to emulate my PS5 controller as an XBox 360 controller. I explicitly disabled all other controller support (though maybe that wasn't necessary). Even with the "hidehid" driver installed DS4 is unable to hide the controller driver from Steam and I get a very mean dialog from steam telling me I'm a bad person and to turn off external controller handling (which they certainly know is DS4 but won't name).

I don't really want to use DS4. I don't want my controller to be virtualized as a 360 controller. The in-game prompts are wrong. The adaptive triggers don't work right. How does the gyro even work then? Definitely the haptics are wrong, it just hard rumbles like ... it's a 360 controller. I know that steam built-in "playstation controller" support does correctly provide rumble messages to the controller in the controller setup test. It also seems to correctly ship inputs (although the sticks DO feel better in DS4 tuning). Why doesn't it work by itself for Elden Ring? It works natively for Death Stranding.

The correct technical answer is that Elden Ring on steam DOES NOT support PS5 rumble. It doesn't actually support a PS5 controller at all in any way. People saying otherwise are mistaken, and using DS4 to make the controller rumble half-work doesn't mean that it "works" on steam platform. DS4 works to get half-rumble is correct. Steam input can pretend to Elden Ring that the controller is an Xbox 360 controller (without DS4 or rumble).

If anyone knows how to get further into the guts of steam input handling I'd love to hear about it.

All you have to do is go into Big Picture mode and load up a config for your DS4, or DS5 controller, and then you are good to go. I use almost every controller, and have no issues.

[Poochitu]

Originally posted by anachronism:

I don't want my controller to be virtualized as a 360 controller. The in-game prompts are wrong.

This is because Elden ring doesn't support playstation button prompts, regardless of you plugging in or connecting a playstation controller you will still see xbox controller button prompts (A, B, Y, X). The PS controller should still function when playing elden ring as my PS5 controller works just fine.

[GrandTickler]

i got so fed up with controller issues that i disabled all the steam big picture controller support, ran ds4 windows, then installed hidhide to disable all controllers except the one ds4 windows used. not sure if it works for ps5 controller tho but all my drift issues and inconsistent camera sensitivity is gone

edit: also using Special k to mod in playstation buttons btw

[anachronism]

The way DS4 handles the stick curves and other input calibration sadly IS much better than steam big picture controller support. I guess I'm sticking with it.

Despite what lots of folks have said - NO the PS5 controller does not use rumble when using steam controller input, playstation support enabled or no. The best you can do is PS4 rumble through DS4 emulating XBox 360 rumble commands. These controllers have been out a while now it's sad to me.

Good tip on mods. I have modded FromSoftware before I guess I shall do it again.

[PlutoniumX]

always buy xbox controller for pc for best results.....

[Mr Moopsy]

I use ds4windows so I get to use the adaptive triggers and set up a few haptic responses.

Feels more responsive if the controller does a pulese/vibrates when I dodge and attack. Plus my triggers are set up so theyre stiff, then click with enough pressure applied. Dont need no mushy triggers, I like em clicky for this type of game.

[GrandTickler]

Originally posted by anachronism:

The way DS4 handles the stick curves and other input calibration sadly IS much better than steam big picture controller support. I guess I'm sticking with it.

Despite what lots of folks have said - NO the PS5 controller does not use rumble when using steam controller input, playstation support enabled or no. The best you can do is PS4 rumble through DS4 emulating XBox 360 rumble commands. These controllers have been out a while now it's sad to me.

Good tip on mods. I have modded FromSoftware before I guess I shall do it again.

it does push u to offline mode sadly but from what i understand the nexus mod variant requires u to unpack your entire game, drastically increasing disc size used (besides not bypassing easy anti cheat on its own), while in special k can u do it with by simply toggling a button And bypasses EAC too, just set the game to start in offline mode first in the ingame options

edit: preview https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2781195421